Introducing the Fractional General Counsel
Alexis Goldfinch, a fractional General Counsel based in London, moderated the live session and explored the emergence of the fractional GC model and its implications for the legal profession. Goldfinch began her career at Freshfields, training as an IP and commercial lawyer, before undertaking several client secondments with organisations including Sony, Barclays, and PepsiCo. These […]
How Can Lawyers Survive in the AI Era?
This session brought together Christoph Vaagt, Managing Partner, Law Firm Change Consultants, and Mariusz Kowalski, Partner and Founder, Waterwalk Partners, who both explored how artificial intelligence is reshaping the legal profession and what both individual lawyers and law firms must do to remain relevant in an increasingly automated landscape. Uncertainty Meets Urgency Both Vaagt and […]
How Vibe Coding Helps Resolve Legal Tech Solutions
This session explored the emergence of “vibe coding” in legal practice, a rapidly evolving approach that enables users to build applications using natural language prompts. Chris Bridges, partner and co-founder at Tacit Legal and co-creator of Vibe Code Law, outlined how this approach is reshaping how lawyers interact with technology, prototype solutions, and engage with […]
What Does the Future BD Team Look Like?
At last week’s Business Development Forum live session, Barbara Koenen, co-founder of BOOST and a professional services consultant at Nexl, and Andrew Hutchinson, co-founder of Rebel.Group and former Chief Revenue Officer at Nexl, opened the discussion by reflecting on the traditional positioning of BD and marketing teams within law firms; historically seen as support functions […]
The Sharpest People in Legal Aren’t Networking – They’re Building Rooms
Thursday’s session with Chris Williams, Director of Revenue at Stella Legal, examined a subtle but significant shift in how relationships are formed within the legal industry. As networking becomes more ubiquitous, it has also grown increasingly transactional, often reduced to surface-level exchanges and diminishing returns at large conferences. Williams, whose career in legal tech spanned […]
Judging vs Arbitrating: An Inside Perspective
Moderators Matej Pustay, Miljana Bigovic, and Velimir Živković introduced Marieke Witkamp, a Houston-based international arbitrator and Dutch substitute judge, as they led this latest International Arbitration Forum session examining the practical, procedural, and philosophical distinctions between judging and arbitrating. Moving beyond textbook comparisons, the discussion highlighted how these roles diverge in real-world practice and mindset. […]
Is AI Increasing Transaction Time?
Wednesday’s live session with Sophiya Volkova, Account Director EMEA at eBrevia, an AI-powered contract analysis software. She explored a central tension in legal innovation, while AI and legal technology promise greater efficiency and streamlined delivery, their real-world impact on transaction timelines, cost structures, and law firm economics remains complex and often uneven. Drawing on experience […]
The New Era of Submissions Management
This Wednesday’s live session featured Jorn Vermeulen (CEO, KLERQ) and Alex Holtum (Product Ambassador, KLERQ). Holtum opened by outlining his career spanning private practice at Freshfields, Reed Smith, and DLA Piper, followed by an MBA and the founding of International Law Firm Solutions (ILFS). Across two decades advising independent firms, he identified a persistent operational […]
New Skillsets & Mindsets for AI Lawyers of the Future
Today’s session featured Brian Tang, Founder of LITE Lab at the University of Hong Kong. Tang’s career spans big law, investment banking, and legal tech entrepreneurship before moving into academia to focus on the intersection of law, technology, and innovation. The Changing Landscape of Legal Practice Tang opened by addressing the scale and pace of […]
The EU AI Act – Ethics at the Core?
Yesterdays session opened with Yuliia Habriiel, CEO of eyreACT, a compliance automation platform working closely with EU institutions, and Sid Ali Boutellis, who moderated the discussion with a focus on practical implementation. Habriiel immediately reframed “ethics” away from abstract philosophy towards something far more tangible: enforceable obligations, standards, and liability exposure under the EU AI […]